Tales from the Crypt: Season 1, Episode 6Collection Completed (28 Jun. 1989)Jonas has been forced into mandatory retirement. He can't relax, though, because Anita's friends are driving him crazy. Director:Mary Lambert |
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Tales from the Crypt: Season 1, Episode 6Collection Completed (28 Jun. 1989)Jonas has been forced into mandatory retirement. He can't relax, though, because Anita's friends are driving him crazy. Director:Mary Lambert |
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| John Kassir | ... |
Crypt Keeper
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| M. Emmet Walsh | ... |
Jonas
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| Audra Lindley | ... |
Anita
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Martin Garner | ... |
Roy
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After forty-seven years of work as general sales manager, Jonas is forced into a mandatory retirement. Along these years, his lonely wife Anita has collected many pets and Jonas is unable to relax with the animals at home. When he decides to have taxidermy as a hobby, Anita helps him to complete the collection. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
More comedic than horrific, this particular tale from the crypt builds up to a punchline no less satisfying despite how predictable it is.
M. Emmet Walsh is perfectly cast as grumpy Jonas, a man who retires and finds himself exasperated by the many animals that his wife (Audra Lindley) has befriended during the many years she spent on her own. Perhaps his new hobby will provide some pleasure.
Directed by Mary Lambert, and written by three people who seem to perfectly harness the spirit of the old E.C. comics, this tale is fun from start to finish, even if it's also quite unspectacular. It's the interaction between Walsh and Lindley that elevates this above average and makes it so much fun.